Combined railroad tie and chair



(No Model.)

w. H. GIBBS 8; e. W. SNOOK.

COMBINED RAILROAD TIE AND 0mm.

Patented Mar.20,1883.

v No. 274,309.-

. INVENTOR MA WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N PETERS P'hcMI-ilhngnphnr. Wash ngton, D C

I UNITED 4 STATES A PATIENT FFICE.

WILLIAM H. GIBBS AND Gnonen w. snooigorJHoPEwELL, NEW JERSEY.

COM B INED RAILROAD TIE AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,309, dated March 20, 1883.

Application filed Juiv'mssa (No model.)

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. GIBBS and GEORGE W. SNooK,.of Hopewell, in the county of Mercer and State of New-Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Railroad'lies and Chairs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

- in which similar letters of reference indicate chairs.

corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a part of our improvement, and showing a rail in place. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one end of a tie. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the improvement, taken through the line or or, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the spikes. a v p The object of this invention is to promote convenience in surfacing railroad-tracks, facilitate the repairing and leveling of the tracks, and increase the durability of the ties and The invention consists in a combined railroad tie and chair constructed with a tie provided with a top flan ge, pairs of inclined crossflanges having angular grooves, and a lug to receive the chair. The chair is made with a central offset to receive a block to support the rail, and downwardly-inclined side parts to interlock with the. grooved cross-flanges of the tie, and hasslots formed in its side parts to receive the spikes and locking-screws, and lugs to prevent the locking-nuts from turning, all

- constructed and operating as will be herein- F. The chair F is made with a downward off set in its middle part to rest upon 2. lug, G,

after fully described. 7

A represents a tie which is made of wrought or cast iron. Upon the upper side of the tie A is formed a longitudinal" flange or web, 0, having cross-flanges D at its end parts. The two cross-flanges D, at each end of the tie, incline toward each other, and have angular grooves E in the inner sides of their upper edges to receive the beveled edges of the chair formed upon the tie A, midway between the two cross-flanges D, and to form a seat for the wooden block H, upon which the rail I rests. The side parts of the chair F project horizon the conical ends of the screws M and prevent the said ends from slipping off the said shoulders L. The screws M pass down through the slots in the horizontal parts of the chair F, and through nuts N, placed beneath the said horizontal parts of the chair.

or shoulders 0, formed upon the upper part of the inner surface of the inclined side parts of the chair, so that the said nuts will be held from turning, will hold the spikes J from any outward movement, and will thus prevent the heads K from slipping off the flanges of the rail I. With this construction the chairs can also be used upon ties made of wood, stone, glass, or any other suitable material. With this construction the rails can be leveled without disturbing the ties by varying the thickness of' the wooden blocks H.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I I 1. A combined railroad tie and chair constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the tie A, provided with the top flange, O, and the inclined crossflanges D, having angular grooves E, the chair F, provided with central offset, the spikes J, and the screws M and nuts N, as set forth.

2. In a combined railroad tie and chair, the

The nuts N fit into the spaces between the spikes J and lugs tie constructed substantially as herein shown' and described, and consisting of the body A, provided with the top flange, O, the pairs of inclined cross-flanges D, having angular grooves E, and the lug G to adapt the tie to receive and support the chair, as set forth.

3. In a combined railroad tie and chair, the chair F, made, substantially as herein shown and described, with central offset to receive the rail-supporting block II, slots to receive IOU.

I the spikes J and locking-screws M, down- I rail will be supported at any height and can to wardly-inclined sides having beveled edges to be readily connected with and released from enter grooves in the tie-flanges, and shoulders the chair, as set forth. O to hold the nuts, as set forth.

4. In a combined railroad tie and chair, the WILLIAM H. GIBBS. combination, with the chair 1*, of the wooden GEORGE W. SNOOK. block H, thespikes J, having shoulders K L, Witnesses:

s the screws M, and the nuts N, substantially PHILIP H. WILLIAMSON,

as herein shown and described, whereby the AUGUSTUS FISHER. 

